Francis Petrarch · Father of Humanism (intellectual movement) · Was a role model and encouraged others w/ his literature and poetry
Desiderius Erasmus
-Translated bible into all languages
-Called for the church reform
-Wrote "The Praise of Folly"
-Consistently criticized popular Catholic beliefs.
• Used humor to expose church of wrong doing
• Questioned people’s beliefs in the church
Rabelais (French)
o Used humor- characters offer opinion on education & religion
Rabelais was a writer, a doctor, and a humanist. Sir Thomas More (English)
o Wrote “Utopia”- describes ideal society
o Urged social & economic reform
o Put to death when he refused to support Henry VIII
TELL ME ABOUT SOME OTHER HUMANISTS.....THERE ARE MORE!! TFLYNN
· Father of Humanism (intellectual movement)
· Was a role model and encouraged others w/ his literature and poetry
Desiderius Erasmus
-Translated bible into all languages
-Called for the church reform
-Wrote "The Praise of Folly"
-Consistently criticized popular Catholic beliefs.
• Used humor to expose church of wrong doing
• Questioned people’s beliefs in the church
Rabelais (French)
o Used humor- characters offer opinion on education & religion
Rabelais was a writer, a doctor, and a humanist.
Sir Thomas More (English)
o Wrote “Utopia”- describes ideal society
o Urged social & economic reform
o Put to death when he refused to support Henry VIII
TELL ME ABOUT SOME OTHER HUMANISTS.....THERE ARE MORE!! TFLYNN